Earthquakes in Belgium

BILZEN - 1985-07-16 05:33:50 - Magnitude 3.0
Last update : 2009-05-30 18:17:43 Belgian time

Main parameters

Date and time 1985-07-16 05:33:50 UTC
1985-07-16 07:33:50 Belgian time
Type Earthquake
Magnitude ML 3.0
Maximal intensity IV
Region BILZEN
Epicentral coordinates 50.858° N, 5.521° E Uncertainty ± 0.9 km
Depth of hypocenter 9.4 ± 1.0 km

Data source : ROB (Royal Observatory of Belgium)

Location map

Quake measurements

Measurements by the Belgian seismic network
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
KAN KANNE 13 05:33:52.78 05:33:54.82 -
COI COINTE_1 27 05:33:55.16 05:33:58.72 -
MEMS MEMBACH 44 05:33:57.98 05:34:03.46 -
MLM MALMEDY 61 05:34:00.90 - -
SNF SENEFFE 96 05:34:05.90 05:34:17.60 -
AUL AULNE 100 05:34:06.86 05:34:18.89 -
DOU DOURBES 107 05:34:08.24 05:34:20.74 -
BOU BOUGNIES 123 05:34:10.91 - -
WLF WALFERDANGE 140 05:34:13.50 - -
Measurements by the German seismic network of Bensberg (University of Cologne)
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
KLL KALLTALSPERRE 60 05:34:00.45 05:34:07.58 -
STB STEINBACHTALSPERRE 97 05:34:06.54 05:34:18.73 -
BNS BENSBERG 117 05:34:09.66 05:34:23.03 -
BGG BURG ELTZ 148 05:34:14.20 05:34:32.50 -
KOE KÖPPEL 163 05:34:15.40 05:34:36.10 -
Measurements by the Dutch seismic network of KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)
Station Epicentral
distance (km)		 P-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) S-Wave arrival (hh:mm:ss.ss) Maximal ground
displacement (nm)
Code Place
VKB VALKENBURG 19 05:33:54.05 - -
ENN EPEN (INTL) 30 05:33:55.80 05:33:58.90 -
KRN KERKRADE 39 05:33:57.05 05:34:01.58 -
WTS WINTERSWIJK 155 05:34:16.00 05:34:35.10 -

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